Earthquake

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

that's one of those internet rules isn't it? something like calling someone stupid increases the chances of your making a grammatical error by double?

I make tons of grammatical error and spelling errors. Eh, I fix what I can see. I think faster than my fingers.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I make tons of grammatical error and spelling errors. Eh, I fix what I can see. I think faster than my fingers.

you don't still think we're talking about you do you?

[TheMercenary]

No. It was just a general comment.

[TheMercenary]

I have no idea what he posts so thanks for the quote.

Hate?

All the rage?

Strong and self-supportive?

WTF?

Assume much?

[Shawnee123]

No, when one assumes, one makes an ass of you and me.

[TheMercenary]

Yea, that was my point.

[Shawnee123]

And it was flawless, that point.

[TheMercenary]

No, that you assume.

[tw]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Hate? ... WTF?

Why do the extremists here routinely turn any discussion nasty? Oh. That is what Limbaugh, Beck, etc do. "We want Obama to fail." And so nasty posting from right wing wackos continue. Another post - this time about Haitians - has been converted into another nasty thread of insults. Limbaugh would be proud. How extremists throughout history have gained power. Even 'liberal' use of profanity is expected.

[tw]

Since the topic is Haiti's earthquake - a small relevant sidebar:

The epicenter was some 20 miles SW of Port-Au-Prince. One would never know from local posting and graphic reports of urban victims. Little has been reported on where the earthquake was possibly most severe.

Viewing satellite photos, damage appreared to be less west (more outside) the city. After wading through reams of useless 'tear jerk' nonsense, reports say getting west (down the coast) was difficult. On Tuesday, the Marines solved that problem. They landed Marine style. From the NY Times of 19 Jan 2010:

LÉOGÂNE, Haiti — The Marine helicopters began landing just before noon on Tuesday in a cow pasture here in this heavily damaged farming town about nine miles south of Port-au-Prince, kicking up strong winds and drawing crowds of the curious and hopeful.

Is Leogane even worse? Too many reports of dead bodies and frustrated rescuers. Little if any word about damage where the earthquake centered.

Now we return you to more personal attacks justified by an extremist political agenda and the need to have Obama fail. Clearly we have no business helpin Hatians because ...

[jinx]

Global News says Canada is going to concentrate on that area.

The plan emerged Monday when Rivard and Brig.-Gen. Guy Laroche, commander of Canadian Forces in Haiti, spoke to reporters — and later when Gen. Walt Natynczyk, chief of the defence staff, and Defence Minister Peter MacKay made a flying visit to CFB Valcartier to personally thank the 1,000 soldiers heading to Haiti this week.


"We understand about 90 per cent of the destruction was in the town of Leogane, extending to the southern coast to Jacmel," Natynczyk said. "These two towns form the north-south orientation of the area that the UN has asked us to focus on."

Read it on Global News: Canadian aid to Haiti to focus on reconstruction

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by tw

The epicenter was some 20 miles SW of Port-Au-Prince. One would never know from local posting and graphic reports of urban victims. Little has been reported on where the earthquake was possibly most severe.

I've seen several reports on that area, but there aren't many people there and not much to report. The action is in the capitol, where the people are, so no reason for the reporters to go to the hinterlands, even if they could.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I've seen several reports on that area, but there aren't many people there and not much to report.

That is not what I had heard. But again, facts (due to so many human interest stories) is so difficult to obtain.

Even the western side of Port-Au-Prince appeared (in satellite photos) to be mostly intact. A highway out of Port-Au-Prince looked intact. But again, I cannot find any confirmation on any of this. Relevant facts do not exist (or are buried by tear-jerk stories).

Apparently the military has successfully solved distribution problems by opening more airstrips (including one only for C-130s) and establishing small food and water distribution points.

Interesting was a video clip from a home overlooking the city during the quake. Each rising cloud was a collapsing building. They were numerous - almost interconnecting.

Best I can tell, the violence was mostly overblown by isolated press reports - similar to New Orleans. We need more anchormen like Jennings who would have quashed so many overblown accusations.

No more aftershocks in Haiti yesterday (19 Jan). Almost none over many days. Then today had two. One was almost a 6.0 shock. As if buildings are not yet unstable. Try probing inside collapsed buildings when ...

[SamIam]

But the desperation may be deeper outside the capital, closer to last week's quake epicenter.
Things don't sound so good outside Port Au Prince:

"We're waiting for food, for water, for anything," Emmanuel Doris-Cherie, 32, said in Leogane, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Port-au-Prince. Homeless in Leogane lived under sheets draped across tree branches, and the damaged hospital "lacks everything," Red Cross surgeon Hassan Nasreddine said.

Hundreds of Canadian soldiers and sailors were deploying to that town and to Jacmel on the south coast to support relief efforts, and the Haitian government sent a plane and an overland team to assess needs in Petit-Goave, a seaside town 10 miles (15 kilometers) farther west from Leogane that was the epicenter of Wednesday's aftershock.

[TheMercenary]

I would guess the majority of those in the hinterlands would have had a better time surviving.